Live Action

There have been four TV series and one movie made based on Tada-sensei's works so far. Aishite Night was the first to get the live-action treatment, with a TV series based on it airing in Italy in the 80's. Next came a live-action Japanese TV series based on Itazura na Kiss in 1995 and a movie based on Debora ga Rival in 1997. An immensely popular live action adaptation of Itazura na Kiss was produced by Taiwan in 200-, with a sequel series following it in 2--. The next live-action series will be a Korean version of Itazura na Kiss that begins in September 2010. For further details ane episode guides, see the links below.

Itazura na Kiss

Japan

Series 1

Airdates: October 14, 1996 – December 16, 1996
Episodes: 9
Cast:
Irie Naoki: Kashiwabara Takashi
Aihara Kotoko: Sato Aiko


Series 2

Season 1
Airdates: March 29, 2013 – July 19, 2013
Episodes: 16
Cast:
Irie Naoki: Furukawa Yuki
Aihara Kotoko: Miki Honoka


Season 2
Airdates:
Episodes: 16
Cast:
Irie Naoki: Furukawa Yuki
Aihara Kotoko: Miki Honoka


South Korea

Title: Playful Kiss
Airdates: September 1, 2010 – October 21, 2010
Episodes: 16
Cast:
Irie Naoki (Seung-jo): Kim Hyun-Joong
Aihara Kotoko (Ha-ni): Jung So-min


Youtube Specials
Episodes:


Taiwan

Season 1
Title: It Started With a Kiss
Airdates: September 25, 2005 – February 12, 2006
Episodes: 30
Cast:
Irie Naoki (Zhi Shu): Joe Cheng
Aihara Kotoko (Xiang Qin): Ariel Lin


Season 2
Title: They Kiss Again
Airdates: December 16, 2007 – April 27, 2008
Episodes: 20
Cast:
Irie Naoki:
Aihara Kotoko:

Debora ga Rival

Japan

Cast:
Debora: Tanihara Shosuke
Asayo:
Produced by: Toei (1997)
Running time: mins

Available on DVD (in Japanese) at Amazon.co.jp

Aishite Night

Japan

Italy

Title:
Airdates: 1985
Episodes:
Cast:
Yakko: